Reinhold Schünzel Award

The Reinhold Schünzel Award is an honorary prize awarded for long-time achievements in the field of restoration, preservation or dissemination and popularisation of the German film heritage.

Reinhold Schünzel was an actor and director, born in Hamburg. After returning from exile in Hollywood he died in Munich in 1954.

The laureate of the Reinhold Schünzel Award 2014 will be presented during the opening ceremony of cinefest on Saturday, 15 November 2014.

— Jury 2014:

Barton Byg, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, Reinhold Schünzel-laureate 2011
Leonardo Quaresima, Film Historian, Universities of Udine and Bologna
Rainer Rother, Artistic Director of Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin

The Reinhold Schünzel Award 2014 goes to

Horst Claus

Filmhistorian, Bristol

Previous laureates:

2013: Wolfram Schütte (more)

2012: Bernard Eisenschitz (more)

2011: Barton Byg (more)

2010: Heide Schlüpmann (more)

2009: Volker Baer (more)

2008: Vladimir Opela (more)

2007: Gero Gandert (more)

2006: Vittorio Martinelli (more)

2005: Wolfgang Klaue (more)

2004: Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart (more)